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Like maybe you wanna just lay in bed and watch on your phone instead of having to sit up in a chair for laptop or on a sofa for tv.

Basically: Convienience vs Big Screen? Which is more important to you?

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[-] CathyBikesBook@piefed.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Depends on what I'm watching. Movies will always be watched on my TV.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

If it e.g. a YT link here that might be interesting to watch, I mark it, and watch later,, on my PC. Not just because of the size, but primarily because of the ads - which I don't see on the PC.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Bruh I don't have ads on my phone either.

Fennec + uBlock Origin

[-] Bongles@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Big screen. When my tablet was new I watched a couple of things in bed, and then immediately went back to big screen.

I also live in a small place that I rent, the couch and TV is right outside my bedroom so it feels silly not to just go out there.

[-] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I’ll wait. The phone screen is too fucking small and the sound is a joke. Phones are for memes and shit. I bought that fucking 4K TV for movies. I hardly use it, but that’s what it’s for.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I watch stuff on my laptop in bed all the time. It’s the main reason I opt for a laptop over a desktop/tower PC.

[-] meathorse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Big screen. Small screens are only for short clips on sites, posts or a show I've seen 100x on repeat until I fall asleep

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 1 month ago

Big screen for me. For some reason I hate watching videos on my phone. Maybe because I'm tired of being glued to it.

[-] sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Depends on the content.

Is it a shitty generic isekai anime where the same plot gets recycled again and again? I watch on my phone on some shitty streaming site.

Is it an above average show that I know it's going to be good? I will download the highest quality I can find and wait as long as I need to watch it on my best screen.

Ofc half the times I start bring watching on streaming and then turns out the show is actually good and I jump to mkv midway.

What I cannot do independently of content is watching with any tiny bit of noise whatsoever in the apartment.

Someone talking on another room, or using the kitchen or a TV or a radio, or just walking, will completely kill my immersion, I need absolute silence to watch things.

Big screen. If I’m watching something on my phone I’m not enjoying it, I’m merely passing time.

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Big screen. I want to actually be able to see the details in the media I'm watching.

Also, I want to be able to put my phone down and not have to hold it the entire time I'm trying to watch a show or something.

The inconveniences of watching things on a phone far outweigh the inconvenience of just getting up to watch on the PC or TV.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't really like watching video on my phone, so I'll pretty much always go for the nearest bigger screen unless there's no option to do that.

I honestly think most of the time I would just not watch the video rather than watch on my phone

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